Abstract-Terahertz transmission ellipsometry of vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes

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M. J. Paul¹, N. A. Kuhta¹, J. L. Tomaino¹, A. D. Jameson¹, L. P. Maizy¹, T. Sharf¹, N. L. Rupesinghe², K. B. K. Teo², S. Inampudi³, V. A. Podolskiy³, E. D. Minot¹, and Yun-Shik Lee¹

¹Department of Physics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-6507, USA
²AIXTRON Ltd., Buckingway Business Park, Anderson Road, Swavesey, Cambridge CB24 4FQ, United Kingdom
³Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, USA 

We demonstrate time-resolved terahertz transmission ellipsometry of vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes. The angle-resolved transmission measurements reveal anisotropic characteristics of the terahertz electrodynamics in multi-walled carbon nanotubes. The anisotropy is, however, unexpectedly weak: the ratio of the tube-axis conductivity to the transverse conductivity, σ_z/σ_xy ≅ 2.3, is nearly constant over the broad spectral range of 0.4–1.6 THz. The relatively weak anisotropy and the strong transverse electrical conduction indicate that THz fields readily induce electron transport between adjacent shells within multi-walled carbon nanotubes.

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